IIRC, she had recorded the A side of a record but couldn’t come up with a song for the B side. Someone suggested Tennessee Waltz as a throwaway recording just to get the A side out there. TW went on to be wildly popular, the A side, not nearly so much.
Patsy Cline’s cover of “Tennessee Waltz” is achingly beautiful and the purest country as you will ever hear. As pure as a 1960’s tavern in southern Colorado where I first heard it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHSoGQf5W5Q
An America that is long gone....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixnV3beJUm8&feature=youtu.be
Revski, you have talent. Thanks for sharing and also the little mini devotion at the end of your performance.
He didn’t get the memo